“Yes, but: The opposition to Amazon is making lots of noise, but lacks legal authority to shut down the new satellite offices” writes Erica Pandey for businessinsider.com. The bottom line: “This backlash is serious,” said Nate Jensen, a professor at UT Austin who studies tax incentives. Source: businessinsider.com Share This:

“The tax is being referred to as the “GAFA tax” for Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon France’s tax would pre-empt a prospective EU-wide tax that member states have been negotiating for the better part of a year” writes Annie Gaus for thestreet.com. But with disagreements by some member states, including Ireland and the Netherlands, on how to move forward with such a tax, the process has stalled.That’s the case in France at least, with French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire saying that he plans to raise taxes on Alphabet (GOOGL) , Apple…

“One option would be to stay in the tech industry” writes Lydia Ramsey for businessinsider.com. Going into some of the interviews with Providence, Moore said, he had two concerns about the transition into healthcare.Providence is a massive a health organization based in the Seattle area, near Microsoft and Amazon, with 51 hospitals.Moore said he expects to see other tech executives start to look for jobs in healthcare in the coming years. Source: businessinsider.com Share This:

“It’s your lucky day, as early Black Friday deals can save you up to 25% off makes such as Acer, Lenovo, HP and more” writes Dominyka Bucelyte for ign.com. This works out to be the cheapest deal currently available, but we have also listed deals by other retailers below. Source: ign.com Share This:

“The ver.di union representing the workers says Amazon employees receive lower wages than others in retail and mail-order jobs in Germany” writes The Associated Press for seattletimes.com. Amazon has said in the past that its employees earn relatively high wages for the industry. Source: seattletimes.com Share This:

“At the same time, the Wells Fargo Small Business Index shows optimism among small business owners growing at a historic clip” writes Salena Zito for nypost.com. But “I’d take a bunch of small businesses any day over Amazon.This summer, a National Federation of Independent Businesses report showed that small businesses are growing and adding the most workers per firm since July 2006. But with entrepreneurs like Bloom and Rendulic, it’s heartening to see the small business owner fighting back — one small store at a time. Source: nypost.com Share This:

“Switch users can take advantage of some excellent deals on accessories this weekend as well” writes Dec Est for polygon.com. Sometimes the weekend is just too short: join us on for all the latest deals throughout the week. Source: polygon.com Share This:

“The doorbell-linked technology raises concerns Amazon that would hand over any facial recognition data captured from the devices to law enforcement, Snow wrote” writes Kari Paul for marketwatch.com. Amazon has reportedly pitched its facial recognition technology to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as a possible tool for immigration enforcement, according to an October report from Bloomberg. Source: marketwatch.com Share This:

“On the same day, Amazon said it was also going to create 5,000 jobs in Nashville, Tenn., with a new logistics hub” writes Kurt Schlosser for geekwire.com. Regardless of Apple’s U.S. jobs expansion motivation, we know that the president is fully aware of another tech company and CEO on the West Coast. Source: geekwire.com Share This:

“Amazon is beginning to roll out improved home security system support, meaning Alexa play a greater role in keeping you and your humble abode safe” writes Nintendo Switch for 9to5toys.com. But it isn’t like you haven’t been able to control your security system with the voice assistant up until now.Absent from the list is SimpliSafe, one of the more prominent smart security system makers on the scene right now.At launch, there are already several notable security system providers that have worked with Amazon to support the update.Amazon’s recent Alexa update…